Overview

Over many years, Ian Athfield and his team at Athfield Architects have reshaped New Zealand architecture: from the Buck House at Te Mata Estate, Hawke's Bay, to Wellington's Civic Square, from Jade Stadium to Athfield's own sprawling settlement on the Khandallah hills. Reflecting on half a century of work, Julia Gatley's landmark new book, Athfield Architects, introduces a major body of architecture that will lead readers through modernism, postmodernism and beyond. Its four-part structure traces Ian houses; its important break into commercial work; and finally, its impact in the public, urban and institutional realms. Athfield Architects combines newly commissioned photography, evocative original architectural drawings and a rich text informed by extensive archival research and interviews with key figures in the firm. Taking us from the slums of Manila to the streets of post-quake Christchurch, this major book shows how Aotearoa/New Zealand's leading contemporary architect is transforming the way we all might live.

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Author:   Julia Gatley
Publisher:   Auckland University Press
Imprint:   Auckland University Press
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   2.430kg
ISBN:  

9781869405915

ISBN 10:   1869405919
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   01 June 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9781869407407
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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This book will be a great addition to every architect's private library--with well-reasoned and well-written words on architecture and buildings that display a certain unhurried, uncluttered calmness, and quiet self-confidence. -- Cross Section on Group Architects

This book will be a great addition to every architect's private library--with well-reasoned and well-written words on architecture and buildings that display a certain unhurried, uncluttered calmness, and quiet self-confidence. --Cross Section on Group Architects

Author Information

Dr Julia Gatley is a senior lecturer in the School of Architecture & Planning at The University of Auckland. She has edited two bestselling and critically Zealand's New Architecture, 1904-1984 (2008) and Group Architects: Towards a New Zealand Architecture (2010).

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